"Know ye
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind.”

I
Corinthians 6:9

Almost
everyone I know makes some kind of religious profession, has some hope of going
to heaven when he dies, and attends church, at least occasionally. Yet, I know
very few people whose religion has made any radical change in their lives. Most
everybody I know lives like hell, though almost all think, by some strange
delusion, that because they say, I believe in Jesus,” they are going to heaven.
Are you such a person. If you are, listen carefully to this preacher. If you live like hell, when you die, you
will go to hell. I know you do not want to be told that; but I am not
running for political office. I am trying to help you, to help you eternally.
If you do not want to go to hell when you die, pay attention to what I have to
say. Pay attention to what God says in his Word, here in 1 Corinthians 6. Will
you hear the Word of the Lord?

"Be not deceived", imagining that through doctrinal knowledge and
religious profession you are saved, even though you live contrary to the
righteous character of God. No one living in sin, under its dominion, has been
made a partaker of the divine nature. Lest anyone mistake his meaning, Paul
plainly describes those people who shall never inherit the kingdom of God. In
the list given in this verse of Scripture, the Holy Spirit is not talking about
isolated acts. He is describing people whose lives are characterized by these
abominable things.If these things characterize your life, the wrath of God is
upon you. Except you repent, you will perish in hell forever! God help you to
repent.

1.FORNICATORS, men and women who live in
sexual promiscuity, single people who are, as they say, "sexually
active", shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

2.IDOLATERS, those who take that love
and adoration which belongs to God alone and give it to anything or anyone
else, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

3.ADULTERERS, men and women who forsake
their lawful husbands and wives for another woman or man, people who abandon
their families and responsibilities to pursue their own lusts, shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.

5.ABUSERS OF THEMSELVES WITH
MANKIND,
practitioners and promoters of sexual perversion, homosexuality, beastiality,
pedaphillia, rape and incest, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

6.THIEVES, dishonest people who cheat
and steal, shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Thieves are not just bank
robbers. Men who do not pay their bills are thieves. People who draw eight
hours' pay for seven hours' work are thieves. Anyone who takes that which does
not belong to him is a thief.

7.COVETOUS PEOPLE, stingy, selfish, greedy
misers who care only for themselves, who always take but never give, shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.

8.DRUNKARDS, those who abuse alcohol
and drugs, intoxicating themselves, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

9.REVILERS, gossips, slanderers, those
who spread reproach and scandal, smearing the characters and reputations of
others, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

10.EXTORTIONERS, those who get gain at the
expense of others, taking advantage of other people's misery and misfortune,
shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

It matters not what we
profess, or claim to believe. Those who live like children of wrath are
children of wrath. If these characteristics describe you, be not deceived, no
matter what you say, profess, and pretend, no matter what society, religion,
and preachers say to the contrary, you are a child of wrath. You shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.